Twining, teachers of law and law teaching

Although teaching is an important part of the professional identities of academic lawyers, 'teacher training' is a relatively recent phenomenon in higher education. Concern about the lack of pedagogical knowledge found among legal academics expressed by William Twining in the 1970s still resonates today. In particular, there are concerns about training for academic lawyers which merely focuses on generic knowledge and skills, and is not firmly embedded within the discipline.